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Ethics Corner: Other Transaction Authority – Big Rewards, Risks
Agency Reasonably Justified Sole-Source Award for Property Management Services; GAO B-416530, CWIS LLC
Protester Not Prejudiced by Alleged Unstated Mandatory Minimum Staffing Criteria When Its Proposal Exceeded the Minimum; COFC No. 18-528 C, RCF Information Systems Inc. v. United States
Procurement Required Diving Services but No Heavy Construction; SBA No. NAICS-5947, NAICS Appeal of Curtin Maritime Corp.
Awardee Clearly Failed to Provide Documents Showing it Owned Vessels Proposed for Performance; GAO B-416033.2, Vane Line Bunkering Inc.—Costs
Increased Security Risks May Be a Cardinal Change
GAO Rebukes Agency for Finding Proposal Nonresponsive Based on Buy American Act Submission
GAO: Sole-Source Bridge Contracts are Acceptable after Corrective Action
Two-Minute Warning – Size Challenge Can’t Wait for Outcome of Bid Protest
CRS Report: Selected Legal Tools for Maintaining Government Contractor Accountability
OTAs to Play a Role in Future of Navy Procurement
Genuine Dispute Over CAS Compliance Scuttles Motion for Summary Judgment; COFC No. 12-380C, United Launch Services LLC et al. v. United States
Agency Mistakenly Concluded Protester Submitted Unallowable Past Performance Reference; GAO B-415716.3, Veteran Technology Integrators LLC
Promise to Submit QA Plan Doesn’t Satisfy Requirement for an Actual Plan; GAO B-416571, Trade Links Logistics General Trading Company
A Pre-Award Protest Probably Isn’t the Place to Raise Suspicions of Wage Violations
Negligible Price Advantage Doesn’t Outweigh Awardee’s Technical Superiority; GAO B-416646, University of Massachusetts Medical School
How Contractors Can Overcome Revenue Recognition Challenges
VA Concedes Sole Responsibility for Verifying Veteran Contractor Ownership and Control to the SBA
HASC, SASC Chiefs Side With Contractors & Reject DoD Proposal
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